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Resilient

Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

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Similar meaning 4

Elastic 84% connected

Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Elastic 84% connected

Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; hav…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spirited 84% connected

of Spirit

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spirited 84% connected

of Spirit

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Bound 74% connected

of Bind

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bound 74% connected

of Bind

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resile 74% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resile 74% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resiliency 74% connected

The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resiliency 74% connected

The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Live 92% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lively 92% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Springy 92% connected

Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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Strong 88% connected

Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

general 70% interchangeable

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